Dillard v. Ellington
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Amendment. Discovery. Administrators and executors. Judgments. Practice in the Superior Court. Charge of Court. Master. Statute of limitations. Wills.. Legacies. Remainders. Before Judge Pottle. Wilkes Superior Court, May Term, 1876. The bill of complainants was filed on March 25th, 1873. ' The case, as made by the pleadings and evidence, is substantially set forth in the.opinion.
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Equity. Amendment. Discovery. Administrators and executors. Judgments. Practice in the Superior Court. Charge of Court. Master. Statute of limitations. Wills.. Legacies. Remainders. Before Judge Pottle. Wilkes Superior Court, May Term, 1876. The bill of complainants was filed on March 25th, 1873. ' The case, as made by the pleadings and evidence, is substantially set forth in the.opinion. At the May term, 1875, an order was taken referring the matters of account to the master in chancery, directing that “he report fully upon the state of defendant’s accounts, as executor of William B.…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
Most of the heirs and distributees of Violet B. Ellington, deceased, filed their bill against Simeon B. Ellington, her administrator, for discovery and account; the object being to compel the administrator to distribute the estate,'and pay to the complainants their respective shares, each share being one thirty-seventh part of the whole. As originally framed, the bill called for full discovery touching assets, expenditures, investments, and all transactions of the defendant, not only as administrator of the intestate, but as executor of the will of her father, W. B. Ellington,…
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